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“You let me buy you clothes before,” he points out

“That hen it was a condition ofan arm on top of the desk “That is not the case now”

“You lete

“That was for your benefit, notmy sub so I can finish my lunch But I lift my eyes briefly to add, “And you can take it with you if we ever break up”

“Plotting the demise of our new relationship so soon, Miss Robbins?” he asks in atone

“Not at all,” I reply with a sly grin “Just setting boundaries”

“Fine,” he replies on a drawn-out exhale “Can I at least buy you sexy lingerie?”

I stare at the ceiling with exaggerated conte him my attention with a brilliant smile “Yes You may do that”

Laughing, Declan picks his sub back up He ith turkey on wheat, way healthier than rette, plustheory is he works so , I can afford it

We finish our lunches I quickly clean up the wrappers, wiping the desk off with Lysol I keep at my cubicle, while Declan pulls out a binder from his back credenza

He opens it just as I’ the sleek new Bluetooth keyboard that appeared on

“I’ve decided on the next Blackwood project,” he says, scanning inside the binder

“San Francisco,” I guess, because I’ve watched hi s over the past feeeks I can tell which way he’s leaning

“Yes,” he says, pinningattention”

“I’ up a clean screen to start typing notes

“Or a fine ass,” he teases

I ignore it “So what’s first on the agenda?”